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Cafés open by 06:00 in Rome

Bars that open by 06:00, from Termini and Via Merulana to the Policlinico, the Trionfale market and Viale di Trastevere.

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Some Roman bars are serving before the metro starts, at 05:30.1 Salario and Nomentano and Monteverde have the most early openers, ahead of Esquilino and Prati. Cottini on Via Merulana, 804 on Via Guido Mazzoni, Caffè Berardo on Via Prenestina and Il Giglio on Viale Ippocrate open at 05:00, and Nievo al 51 does so on Sunday.

Sunday is the thin day. About a third of the early bars close on Sunday, among them Er Caffettiere on Via Urbana, Friends Bar on Via del Vascello, Grif cafe on Via dei Gracchi and the pair on Viale Regina Margherita, Caffè Chamonix and Il Pero. Ristocampo on Via Goito closes all weekend.

Local tip: Coming off an early train at Termini, walk the 500 m to Cottini on Via Merulana, open from 05:00, or take the 120 m to Twins Bar on Via Giovanni Giolitti once it opens at 06:00.

Where these cafés are: Monteverde & Portuense (8), Salario & Nomentano (8), Esquilino & Termini (6), Prati & Vatican (5), Centro Storico (3), Trastevere (2), San Lorenzo (2), Pigneto & Torpignattara (1), Monti & Celio (1), Ostiense & Garbatella (1).

At a glance

37Cafés listed
37With opening hours
05:00Earliest opening
04:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Caffè Berardo, from 05:00 (Daily 05:00–23:00).
  • Closes latest: Twins Bar, until 04:00 (Daily 06:00–04:00).
  • Most common features: open late (30%), outdoor seating (27%), partial wheelchair access (16%).
Esquilino & Termini

D'Angelo Caffè Repubblica

  • Via Venti Settembre, 25
  • Mon–Fri 06:00–18:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–18:00
  • +390642010325
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Termini and Via Merulana

Roma Termini, on Piazza dei Cinquecento, is Italy’s busiest railway station, with about 150 million passengers a year and 850 trains a day.2 Twins Bar on Via Giovanni Giolitti, about 120 m from the station, opens at 06:00 and stays open until 04:00, which leaves two hours a night without coffee.

About 500 m away on Via Merulana, Cottini opens at 05:00 every day and closes at 21:30. Il grottino di san Bernardo on Piazza San Bernardo opens at 05:30 daily, D’Angelo Caffè Repubblica on Via Venti Settembre at 06:00 on weekdays and 07:00 at weekends, and Ristocampo on Via Goito from 06:00 to 15:30, Monday to Friday.

Around the Policlinico Umberto I

Policlinico Umberto I, the teaching hospital of Sapienza University, has about 1,200 beds in a complex bounded by Viale Regina Elena, Viale dell’Università, Viale del Policlinico and Via Lancisi.3 Snack Bar Igea at Viale Regina Elena 326 opens at 06:00 every day, Sunday included.

Il Giglio at Viale Ippocrate 142 opens at 05:00 seven days a week and closes at 21:00, or 20:00 on Sunday. On Viale Regina Margherita, Caffè Chamonix and Il Pero open at 05:30 from Monday to Saturday, and Caffè Margherita on Via Nomentana opens at 05:30 on weekdays and 06:00 on Saturday.

Before the markets: Trionfale and Porta Portese

The Mercato Trionfale at Via Andrea Doria 41 has more than 270 stalls in a covered building from 2009, open Monday to Saturday from 07:00 to 14:00 and until 19:00 on Tuesday and Friday.4 Bar Tabacchi Epifani Anita on Viale Giulio Cesare opens at 06:00 on weekdays, and Grif cafe at Via dei Gracchi 203 at 06:00 from Monday to Saturday.

Porta Portese, the Sunday flea market that grew out of a black market near Campo de’ Fiori around 1945, spreads between Piazza Ippolito Nievo, Via Ettore Rolli and Via Portuense.5 Nievo al 51, at Via Ippolito Nievo 51, opens at 05:00 on Sunday and closes at 14:30. Sofio Cafe at Via Portuense 133 opens at 06:00 daily, shuts at noon and reopens from 18:00 to 22:00.

Monteverde, Viale di Trastevere and the center

In Monteverde, Friends Bar on Via del Vascello opens at 05:15 from Monday to Saturday, and Bar Mario Tornatora on Via Oderisi da Gubbio and Bar Carbonetti on Via Vincenzo Brunacci at 06:00 every day. On Viale di Trastevere, Caffé Trastevere at number 50 opens at 05:30, or 06:00 on Sunday, and Santini at 205a opens at 06:00 with a pastry counter.

In the center the earliest coffee is at Er Caffettiere on Via Urbana in Monti, from 05:30, Monday to Saturday. Bar l’Orologio on Via del Governo Vecchio and L’Emporio alla Pace on Via della Pace open at 06:00, and L’Emporio stays open until 02:00.

Sources

  1. Biglietti ATAC: metro, bus e tram a Roma, Telepass, accessed October 2026
  2. Roma Termini railway station, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Policlinico Umberto I, Wikipedia (Italian), accessed October 2026
  4. Mercato rionale Trionfale, Turismo Roma (Roma Capitale), accessed October 2026
  5. Mercato di Porta Portese, Turismo Roma (Roma Capitale), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Open by 6am in Rome: questions

Where can you get coffee near Termini in Rome before 06:00?

Cottini on Via Merulana, about 500 m from Termini, opens at 05:00 every day, and il grottino di san Bernardo on Piazza San Bernardo at 05:30. Twins Bar on Via Giovanni Giolitti, about 120 m from the station, opens at 06:00 and stays open until 04:00.

Which Rome cafés open early near the Mercato Trionfale?

Bar Tabacchi Epifani Anita on Viale Giulio Cesare opens at 06:00 on weekdays and 06:30 on Saturday, and closes on Sunday. The market runs Monday to Saturday from 07:00 to 14:00, and until 19:00 on Tuesday and Friday.

Which early-morning cafés in Rome open on Sunday for the Porta Portese market?

Nievo al 51 on Via Ippolito Nievo opens at 05:00 on Sunday and closes at 14:30. Sofio Cafe on Via Portuense opens at 06:00 every day, and Caffé Trastevere on Viale di Trastevere at 06:00 on Sunday. The market spreads between Piazza Ippolito Nievo, Via Ettore Rolli and Via Portuense.

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